Obituary: LaEva Mae Jantz

Friday

Dec 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM

HALSTEAD — LaEva Mae Jantz, 87, died Dec. 26, 2012, at the Newton Medical Center.She was born Feb. 4, 1925, in Halstead to Henry and Anne Koehn Buller. She was a homemaker. She married Milton K. Jantz on Nov. 7, 1942, at Ft. Hood, Okla. He died Aug. 2, 1998.Survivors include a son, Vernon R. Jantz, Wichita; a daughter, Betty A. Jantz, Littleton, Colo.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton; three sons, Stanley, Michael and Terry Jantz; and brother, Edwin “Susie” Buller.Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Kaufman Funeral Home Chapel. Committal service will follow in the Halstead Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 until 6 p.m. Sunday at the Kaufman Funeral Home.Memorial donations are suggested to the Ruth-Wilson American Legion Post #231, in care of the funeral home.